Dubbed as the country's "cradle of civilization",[1] it is a site of archaeological importance due to the number of jar burials and prehistoric human remains found starting from the 1960s, most notably the Tabon Man.

The Lipuun Point Reservation, covering a 138 ha (340 acres) island connected to the Palawan mainland by a mangrove forest, was declared a Site Museum Reservation in April 1972 and was made a priority site for tourism development in 1991 for its natural and cultural heritage.

In recent years, verification of facts in addition to further analysis of previously collected samples has allowed for a greater understanding of the site as a whole.

Human remains as well as rock flakes, hammers, and other stone tools indicate the cave may have been used as a workshop.

[7] The bone fragments found in the caves have been suggested to have been from the late Pleistocene to early Holocene periods.

[7] Previous excavations of the site have also revealed evidence of a diet including pig and deer, which are extinct in the Philippines today.

[8] The Sa Huynh adorned their dead with agate, carnelian, and glass beads from India and Iran.

[8] Artifacts of this nature, including glass bracelets, were found in the cave and are displayed at the Palawan Cultural Museum in Puerto Princesa.

The inauguraton was attended by Governor Victorino Dennis Socrates, 2nd District Palawan Representative Jose Alvarez, Quezon Mayor Joselito Ayala, National Museum of the Philippines Director General Jeremy R. Barns, among others.